Transcript following the incident at Muller Terminal
22 Sep 2020Badpenny Belle
09/22/3306*QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT COMMUNICATION LINK ESTABLISHED*
A. Duval Administrative Officer B-13-A CC recorded conversation with Asset [Redacted] - Begin:
B-13-A CC: I see here that you reported to Colonia on Saturday, as instructed.
[Redacted]: Yes, General.
B-13-A CC: And I take it that you have made contact with the independent assets recommended?
[Redacted]: Of course, the standard bribe worked beautifully for Miss Hicks, who agreed to work with me per her standard arrangement with Pilot's Federation pilots. Old Mel was won over with the standard schmoozing techniques, like any good bureaucrat; and Dorn... *subject coughs here* Dorn was a bit of a harder sell, but some unorthodox gifts seemed to do the trick there well enough.
B-13-A CC: Unorthodox how?
[Redacted]: I believe you'd rather I didn't say, General.
B-13-A CC: And who are you to tell me what I'd prefer, again, commander?
[Redacted]: Well... plausible deniability is all that I mean there, but if you really want the details of crimes violating the treaty of...
B-13-A CC: That will be sufficient, commander. *Sounds of rustling paper here before conversation resumes* So if you have been so busy building your contacts network, why do I have reports on my desk that you departed the Colonia sector yesterday in your long-range Phantom?
[Redacted]: Well General, as my orders were to complete the networking steps with the Engineers that have made technological advances in that sector.
B-13-A CC: Exactly, Commander.
[Redacted]: Well, I completed that networking on Sunday and so I headed back out.
B-13-A CC: Commander, you are aware that you were sent to Colonia following the... incident at Muller Terminal.
[Redacted]: Yes, General, I am aware.
B-13-A CC: And you are also aware that you were expected to stay there until ordered?
[Redacted]: General, I have completed the task that I was given, no further instructions were provided, and so I am on my way back into Empire Space. If this is about my subordinate's actions...
B-13-A CC: Your subordinate's actions, Commander? There is comprehensive video evidence on file to show that Maiya was the one who dragged you kicking and spitting out of the bar.
[Redacted]: Yes, General, I apologize for her behavior. No one should be allowed to insult Princess Aisling on the same day her Father dies, and walk away from it with little more than a black eye. If not for Maiya, I would have really...
B-13-A CC: A black eye? Your target had three broken bones in his right arm, and two of his friends are in a critical condition. You assaulted Alliance Pilots in a bar on a burning station you were supposed to be evacuating.
[Redacted]: Yes, Sir. They had it coming, Sir.
B-13-A CC: Commander, you are to turn around right now. Under no circumstances are you to leave the Colonia bubble.
[Redacted]: *Documented falsified static noises* Sorry, what was that, General? You're breaking up. No matter, I'm entering the Inner Orion Spur now and should be there in person shortly. So, you should be able to speak with me soon.
B-13-A CC: COMMANDER! I am ordering you to....
[Redacted]: *Falsified static noises intensify; connection lost*